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India garners big victory as its candidate secures position to key UN comm
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 7 (ANI): In a tightly contested election at the United Nations in New York, Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra was elected to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) on Friday.
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Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra elected to UN's ACABQ
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 7 (ANI): India's candidate Vidisha Maitra has been elected to the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), with the strong support of UN member states, informed TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to UN on Friday.
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I-T Dept raids 66 properties of Kerala evangelist, seizes Rs 6 cr
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): The Income Tax Department seized unexplained cash of approximately Rs 6 crore after conducting raids on 66 properties across the country, belonging to a self-styled evangelist from Kerala, on Thursday.
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India won't accept shifting of LAC, China paying for its Ladakh misadventu
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Because of Indian defence forces' firm and strong response, the Chinese Army is facing the "unanticipated consequences" of its misadventure in Ladakh, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday even as he stressed that status quo will have to b
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Tejashwi says Nitish unable to manage Bihar while Manjhi feels no one can
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Thursday that they have been saying for a long time that Nitish Kumar was not able to manage Bihar.
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UN, member states regret US withdrawal from Paris agreement on climate cha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with UN member states Chile, France, Italy and the UK, have expressed regret over Washington's decision to exit the Paris accord on climate change but said they would continue t
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Climate change an important issue, countries need to work together: Prakas
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): Underlining that climate change is an important issue that needs the attention of world leaders, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said all the countries need to work together to save the planet.
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India's annual resolution on counter-terrorism adopted at UNGA
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 5 (ANI): Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Wednesday announced that India's annual resolution on the issue of counter-terrorism was co-sponsored by over 75 countries and adopted by consensus in the First Committee of the UN General Assembl
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J-K: Govt initiates steps to check illegal, unauthorised import and sale o
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 5 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Government has taken steps to check the illegal or unauthorised import and sale of firecrackers/fireworks, said Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
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India views peacebuilding as powerful deterrent to violent conflict: Tirum
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New York [US], November 4 (ANI): TS Tirumurti, India's permanent representative at the United Nations, during a debate, on Tuesday said that India views 'peacebuilding' as a powerful deterrent to violent conflict.
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Himachal CM inaugurates development projects of Rs 71.16 crore in Haroli
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], November 3 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of developmental projects worth about Rs 71.16 crore in Haroli assembly area of Una district.
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Cong slide continues as it fails to secure single seat among 11 elected to
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): The unanimous election of ten MPs from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand to Rajya Sabha on Monday explicitly highlighted the Congress' continuous downward slide and irrelevance of the grand old party in the Indian political arena in past six years af
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